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127 Cards in this Set
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Nat
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To be born
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Naive
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Innocent, Gullible
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Naturalize
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to give citizenship to one foreign born
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Innate
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Inborn
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Fact
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Make
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Factious
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Argumentative, inclined to dissent
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Facile
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Easy
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Facsimile
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An exact copy
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Ab
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Away From
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Abdicate
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To give up, renounce
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Aberration
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Straying away from norm, abnormality
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Abjure
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To renounce, to swear away
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Abscond
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To depart secretly and hide
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Ence
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State of
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Complacency
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State of smugness, self-satisfaction
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Belligerence
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Quality of having a fighting Spirit
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Opulence
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Wealth
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Ten
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Hold
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Tenacious
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Stubborn, holding fast
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Tenable
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Able to be defended or upheld
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Retentive
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Retaining knowledge easily
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Clud
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Shut
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Preclude
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To hinder, to make impossible
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Occlusion
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The shutting up of an opening
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Reclusive
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Shut away, hermit-like
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Exclusion
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The act of shutting out
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Tude
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State of
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Lassitude
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weariness, state of being limp
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Aptitude
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State of being capable, ability
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fortitude
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Bravery and Strength, endurance
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Pulchritude
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State of beauty
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Man
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Hand
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Manacles
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Handcuffs
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Manifest
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Obvious, apparent
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Emancipate
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To set free
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Legerdemain
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Sleight of hand, magic
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Fide
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Faith
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Infidelity
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Disloyalty
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Bona Fide
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Genuine
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Confidant
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A person in who secrets are confided
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Perfidious
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Deceitful
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Gnosi
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Know
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Cognizance
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Awareness
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Incognito
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In Disguise
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Prognosis
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A foretelling of the course of disease
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Prognosticator
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One who can predict
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Pul
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Push, drive
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Compulsory
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Required, mandatory
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Impulsive
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Driven to act quickly without thought
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Repulse
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To drive back
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Expulsion
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The act of throwing out
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Poly
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Many
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Polygamy
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State of having many wives
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Polyglot
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One who knows many languages
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Polychromatic
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Having many colors
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Apo
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Away from
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Apocalypse
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a revelation of the future destruction of the world
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Apogee
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Point of orbit of a heavenly body farthest from the earth
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Hum
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Earth, ground, man
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Exhume
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To dig up a body
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Humiliate
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To shame
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Humane
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Compassionate to human beings and animals
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Humanities
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Languages and literature,esp, the Greek and Roman
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Mis
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Wrong
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Miscreant
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An evil-doer
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Misogynist
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A hater of women
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Misnomer
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An incorrect name
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Misgivings
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Feelings of uneasiness or guilt
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Misanthrope
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A hater of mankind
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Omni
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All
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Omnipotent
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All powerfull
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Omniscient
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All knowing
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Omnivorous
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Eating both plants and animals
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Fort
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Strong
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Forte
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One's strongest point
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Fortify
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To strengthen
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Fortuna
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Chance
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Fortuitous
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Happening by chance, accidental
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Flect
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Bend
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Deflect
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To bend or turn to the side
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Inflection
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The rise and fall of the voice
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Reflective
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Meditative, full of thoughts
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Hyper
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Excessive
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Hyperkinesis
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Abnormal muscle movement
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Hypertension
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Abnormally high blood pressure
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Hyperchondriac
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A person who is abnormally concerned about his health
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Hyperborrean
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Situated in the extreme north, arctic, cold
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Ultima
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Last
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Ultimatum
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Final offer
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Penultimate
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Next to the last
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Peri
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Around
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Perigree
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The point of orbitof a satellite nearest to the earth
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peripheral
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Related to the boundary, lying on the outside
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periodic
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Occuring at regular, fixed intervals
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Super
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Over, above
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Supercilious
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Looking down on other people as worthless
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Superlative
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The best , in the highest degree
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Supremacy
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State of being the highest in power or authority
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Para
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Beside
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Parabola
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A bowl shaped curve
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Parable
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A story with a moral told to emphasize a point
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Paradox
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A statement that seems contradictory, but is true when analyzed
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Paraphrase
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To put into your own words
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Parody
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Humorous imitation of a literary work
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Auto
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Self
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Autocratic
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Rule by one supreme ruler, Dictatorial
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Automaton
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Robot
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Autobiography
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One's life story written by oneself
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Autonomous
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Self- governing
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Ile
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Related to
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Docile
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Easy to teach and discipline
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Agile
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Flexible
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Versatile
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Having various talents
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Projectile
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An object that is thrown
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Futile
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Ineffectual, useless
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Tactile
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Percieved by touch
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Leg
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Law
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Legacy
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Inheritance
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Legislative
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Having the power to make a law
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Legitimate
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Legal
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Illegitimate
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Born to unmarried parents
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Voc
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Voice, call
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Evoke
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To call out from the past
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Invoke
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To call on for a blessing, help
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Vociferous
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Shouting loudly
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Provoke
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To call forth, anger, instigate
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Advocate
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To speak or write in favor of
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